{"id":8897,"date":"2010-12-15T00:25:38","date_gmt":"2010-12-15T05:25:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacingmontreal.ca\/?p=8897"},"modified":"2013-01-21T11:21:41","modified_gmt":"2013-01-21T16:21:41","slug":"une-intersection-a-lechelle-de-montreal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/montreal\/2010\/12\/15\/une-intersection-a-lechelle-de-montreal\/","title":{"rendered":"Une intersection \u00e0 l&#8217;\u00e9chelle de Montr\u00e9al"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><object classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" width=\"500\" height=\"353\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"FlashVars\" value=\"i=I0000i3vs2O3kVqQ&amp;b=1\" \/><param name=\"allowScriptAccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/www.photoshelter.com\/swf\/imgWidget.swf\" \/><param name=\"flashvars\" value=\"i=I0000i3vs2O3kVqQ&amp;b=1\" \/><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><embed type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"500\" height=\"353\" src=\"http:\/\/www.photoshelter.com\/swf\/imgWidget.swf\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" flashvars=\"i=I0000i3vs2O3kVqQ&amp;b=1\" allowfullscreen=\"true\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n<div><em><strong>Contribution sp\u00e9ciale. <\/strong>Alexandre Campeau-Vall\u00e9e travaille en am\u00e9nagement \u00a0depuis plus de 5  ans, particuli\u00e8rement en art urbain et en verdissement. Il  s&#8217;int\u00e9resse aussi \u00e0 ce que la photographie peut apporter \u00e0 la perception  de l&#8217;espace.<\/em><\/div>\n<div><em><br \/>\n<\/em><\/div>\n<p><strong>Qu\u2019elle est l\u2019intersection la plus importante de Montr\u00e9al?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Lorsqu\u2019il est question des symboles forts d\u2019une ville, les choix tendent habituellement sur les ouvrages architecturaux monumentaux, les grandes places publiques, les \u00e9l\u00e9ments g\u00e9ographiques caract\u00e9ristiques et finalement sur la qualit\u00e9 \u2013 ou encore le style \u2013 de vie qui fait la renomm\u00e9e de cette ville. La question, pos\u00e9e \u00e0 l\u2019\u00e9chelle d\u2019une intersection, devient plus complexe : qu&#8217;est-ce qui fait qu\u2019une intersection est la plus notable, la plus importante d\u2019une ville?<\/p>\n<p>Regroupement d\u2019\u00e9difices majeurs, noeud intermodal, lieu historique&#8230;ces crit\u00e8res sugg\u00e8rent d\u2019embl\u00e9e des intersections comme la Berlinoise Potsdamer platz\u00a0 ou encore la 42e et Broadway (Times Square). Montr\u00e9al ne poss\u00e8de aucune place notoire de ce type. Cependant, ces crit\u00e8res peuvent s\u2019appliquer \u00e0 une \u00e9chelle diff\u00e9rente.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sainte-Catherine coin Saint-Laurent<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Son bagage historique et son positionnement g\u00e9ographique suffisent \u00e0 en faire une intersection incontournable.<br \/>\nSi je propose cette intersection comme \u00e9tant la plus importante pour Montr\u00e9al, ce n\u2019est toutefois pas pour les raisons habituelles, du moins pas uniquement. Selon moi, le coin de rue Saint-Laurent\/ Sainte- Catherine est le plus important de Montr\u00e9al, car il repr\u00e9sente plus que toute autre intersection ce que Montr\u00e9al tend \u00e0 \u00eatre durant les prochaines d\u00e9cennies.<\/p>\n<p><strong>R\u00e9am\u00e9nagement, d\u00e9finition, volont\u00e9, \u00e9cueils<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>D\u2019embl\u00e9e, il\u00a0 est important de consid\u00e9rer cette intersection comme faisant partie d\u2019un ensemble compris entre le m\u00e9tro Saint-Laurent au nord, la SAT et le monument national au sud, le M\u00e9tropolis \u00e0 l\u2019est et la future maison du d\u00e9veloppement durable \u00e0 l\u2019ouest.<\/p>\n<p>D\u00e9j\u00e0, la table est mise.<\/p>\n<p>Cette intersection est la plus importante de Montr\u00e9al, car elle t\u00e9moigne de la volont\u00e9 de la ville de r\u00e9am\u00e9nager et de d\u00e9finir ses secteurs cl\u00e9s (Quartier international, des spectacles, Havre, etc.)<\/p>\n<p>Cette intersection est la plus importante de Montr\u00e9al, car elle illustre \u00e0 merveille les \u00e9cueils des \u00ab grands chantiers \u00bb.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8211; L\u2019\u00e9radication d\u2019un pan historique du Red light au profit d\u2019un projet n\u00e9buleux.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8211; La volont\u00e9 de doter de la m\u00e9tropole de nouveaux symboles architecturaux forts (et certifi\u00e9s LEED) comme le 2-22 ou la Maison du d\u00e9veloppement durable.<\/p>\n<p>Dans le cas du premier, les d\u00e9bats d\u2019\u00e9dulcoration des dessins initiaux n\u2019ont eu d\u2019\u00e9gal que le niaisage administratif et, dans le second, le remaniement des partenaires, des plans et des bailleurs de fonds n\u2019ont fait que soulever la question : Montr\u00e9al as t\u2019elle\u00a0 les moyens de ses \u2013modestes &#8211; ambitions.<\/p>\n<p>En somme, cette intersection est importante parce qu\u2019elle soul\u00e8ve l\u2019essence du d\u00e9bat urbanistique inh\u00e9rent \u00e0 une ville de la taille de notre m\u00e9tropole : tirer son \u00e9pingle du jeu au niveau international en accumulant les bons coups de moyenne envergure, \u00e0 la recherche d\u2019une solution urbanistique fut\u00e9e.<\/p>\n<p><em>Photo par <a href=\"http:\/\/tristanbrand.photoshelter.com\/\">Tristan Brand<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Contribution sp\u00e9ciale. 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